One thing I've run into on occassion is temperature effects of the motherboard and accompanying peripherals. If there is a minute crack in your board somewhere, it could be entirely fine, until the temperature gets up. As parts expand under heat, contacts become a little less reliable.
This is a bit of a longshot, but I've seen it happen, and it's a bugger to diagnose conclusively. I'm sure none of this is actually helpful information for your particular problem, but it is a possibility that I thought might be good to share. Greg --- - On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 01:43:07PM NZST, Anton wrote: :Hey all, :Can anyone advise me on a little issue I have... My machine is running [snip] :any ideas? There are a couple of different temperature measures but I :can't seem to figure out what they are really doing, as one looks like :it should be cutting out at 72deg, but is fine at 75, and when set to 75 :also seems to cut out at 72. I do, of course, have to reboot, but i :expect the temp usually doesn't drop too much in the 25 secs it takes to :reboot into the bios. There is another temperature gauge in the bios :which has (ASCII) after it, and this is set a little higher. What is a :maximum that a chip should ever get to (on any gauge)? It would be good :not to have to have the fan making such a din all the time, as there is :no point just turning it on when needed, cos I never seem to remember, etc.
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